Head to Head Survey: Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) versus Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC)

Dakota Gold (NYSE:DC) and Lifezone Metals (NYSE:LZM) are both basic materials companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, analyst recommendations, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings, profitability and dividends.

Risk & Volatility

Dakota Gold has a beta of 1.16, indicating that its share price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Lifezone Metals has a beta of 0.37, indicating that its share price is 63% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Analyst Recommendations

This is a summary of current recommendations and price targets for Dakota Gold and Lifezone Metals, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dakota Gold	0	0	0	0	N/A
Lifezone Metals	0	0	4	0	3.00

Lifezone Metals has a consensus target price of $14.17, indicating a potential upside of 93.80%. Given Lifezone Metals’ higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Lifezone Metals is more favorable than Dakota Gold.

Profitability

This table compares Dakota Gold and Lifezone Metals’ net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dakota Gold	N/A	-37.03%	-35.66%
Lifezone Metals	N/A	N/A	N/A

Earnings & Valuation

This table compares Dakota Gold and Lifezone Metals’ top-line revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dakota Gold	N/A	N/A	-$36.45 million	($0.44)	-5.80
Lifezone Metals	$1.48 million	N/A	-$363.88 million	N/A	N/A

Dakota Gold has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Lifezone Metals.

Insider & Institutional Ownership

37.4% of Dakota Gold shares are owned by institutional investors. 26.0% of Dakota Gold shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Lifezone Metals beats Dakota Gold on 5 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About Dakota Gold

Dakota Gold Corp. engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in the United States. It primarily explores for gold deposits. The company holds 100% interest in the Blind Gold, City Creek, Tinton, West Corridor, Ragged Top, Poorman Anticline, Maitland, South Lead/ Whistler Gulch, the Barrick Option, Richmond Hill and Homestake Paleoplacer Properties located in Homestake Mining District, South Dakota. Dakota Gold Corp. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Lead, South Dakota.

About Lifezone Metals

Lifezone Metals Limited engages in the extraction and refining of metals. It supplies lower-carbon and sulfur dioxide emission metals to the battery storage, EV, and hydrogen markets. The company's products include nickel, copper, and cobalt. Its flagship project is the Kabanga nickel project in North-West Tanzania. The company is based in Ramsey, Isle of Man.